Books read in 2008

I finished the Murder of Bob Crane by Robert Graysmith in a couple of days. When I selected the book from the library, I have never heard of Bob Crane. On the cover of the book, it said Crane was a Hogan's Heroes star. Hogan's Heroes is a show I have never personally watched. My husband does enjoy it. I found the book was a good read. The book covered most of his life. His early radio career, his marriages, children, Hogan's Heroes, the last couple of days of his life and after his death. Crane's friend, John Carpenter was arrested for his murder. The book ended just before Carpenter's trial started. Since I didn't know the outcome of the trial, I had to look it up. Carpenter was acquitted due to a lack of convincing evidence. The murder still remains unsolved. While Googling Bob Crane, I found a couple of websites that had posted photos from the crime scene. I, of coursed viewed the photos. If you view the photos, just to let you know they are graphic.

A Simple Act of Murder: November 22, 1963, Mark Fuhrman
Brothers: The Hidden History of the Kennedy Years, David Talbot
Sons and Brothers: The Days of Jack and Bobby Kennedy, Richard D. Mahoney
Marilyn Monroe: The Biography, Donald Spoto
True Grace: The Life and Times of an American Princess, Wendy Leigh
Final Disclosure, David W. Belin
John Wayne: My Life with the Duke, Pilar Wayne
Bombshell: The Life and Death of Jean Harlow, David Stenn
The Lost Life of Eva Braun, Angela Lambert
Harlow: An Intimate Biography, Irving Shulman
His Way, Kitty Kelley
Natalie, Lana Wood
Rita Hayworth, John Kobal
The Fatal Friendship: Marie Antoinette, Count Fersen and the Flight to Varennes, Stanley Loomis
The Other Boleyn Girl, Philippa Gregory
John Wayne: The Man Behind the Myth, Michael Munn
Robert Kennedy: His Life, Evan Thomas
Grace of Monaco, Steven Englund
Nemesis, Peter Evans
A Royal Duty, Paul Burrell
The Search for Amelia Earhart, Fred Goerner
Seinfeld: The Making of an American Icon, Jerry Oppenheimer
The Day John Died, Christopher Andersen
As Time Goes By: The Life of Ingrid Bergman, Laurence Leamer
Diana's Boys, Christopher Andersen
The Family, Kitty Kelley
Jackie after Jack, Christopher Andersen
Truman, David McCullough
Thing of Beauty: The Tragedy of Supermodel Gia, Stephen Fried
Moose: A Memoir of Fat Camp, Stephanie Klein
Tallulah!: The Life and Times of a Leading Lady, Joel Lobenthal
All Too Human, Edward Kline
Princess Grace, Gwen Robyns
Audrey Hepburn, Barry Paris
Postmortem: How Medical Examiners Explain Suspicious Deaths, Stefan Timmermans
Revolutionary Road, Richard Yates
Wicked: The Life and Times of the Wicked Witch of the West, Gregory Maguire
Joan Crawford, Bob Thomas
Duke: A Love Story, Pat Stacy
The Murder of Bob Crane, Robert Graysmith

Currently Reading: Daughter of the Sky: The Story of Amelia Earhart, Paul L. Briand, Jr.
Up Next: Mockingbird: A Portrait of Harper Lee, Charles J. Shields